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The Horti Domitiae were a set of private gardens in ancient Rome, belonging to Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor
'Horti', in Platner and Ashby, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', London, 1929, pp. 267
Domitia category:Building projects of the Flavian dynasty
The Horti Domitiae were a set of private gardens in ancient Rome, belonging to Domitia Longina, wife of the emperor Domitian
Domitian (; la, Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Fl ...
. They were sited on the right bank of the river Tiber
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the Ri ...
. A few years later the Mausoleum of Hadrian was built in the same area. The gardens were still known by this name in the time of Aurelian.
See also
*Roman gardens
Roman gardens and ornamental horticulture became highly developed under Roman civilization, and thrived from 150 BC to 350 AD. The Gardens of Lucullus (''Horti Lucullani''), on the Pincian Hill in Rome, introduced the Persian garden to Europe a ...
Bibliography
'Horti', in Platner and Ashby, ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', London, 1929, pp. 267
Domitia category:Building projects of the Flavian dynasty